Tener (to have) is irregular in El Presente:
Notice the yo form has a -g- and ten- becomes tien- in three of the forms.
Look at and listen to these examples:
| yo | tengo |
| tú | tienes |
| él / ella / Ud. | tiene |
| nosotros / nosotras |
tenemos |
| vosotros / vosotras |
tenéis |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | tienen |
Look at and listen to these examples:
For more verbs that follow a similar pattern, see:
Verbos yo-go (presente) and for verbs that derive from "tener" see Verb list: Tener and its derivatives
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